Hostelling International South Africa - New Member

We have been working on increasing the Hostelling International network over the past few months and can happily announce that Buccaneers Backpackers is our latest addition.

Check them out.




http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel064059.en.htm



We have 3 more new members who are yet to add there info to our system so stay tuned and follow our blog.



Advantages of Joining Hostelling International


What we can offer:



* · Access to the Hihostels.com booking engine. (Averages 42,000 unique visitors per day).

* · Greater chance of obtaining business online as you are not competing with numerous other units in each city/country.Only HI hostels are listed.


For example - London. Hihostels.com - 7 hostels.

Hostelworld - 148+,

Hostelbbookers - 67+ ,

Hostelclub- 56.



(Based on a search for the 26th November 2010). Obviously a combination of trusted brand and just a few hostels increases the chance of a booking.


* · Only 5% commission taken on hihostels.com bookings.

* · A trusted brand with 100 years of history behind it.

* · Multi stage -booking. We are the only site to offer this.(So far the record is one customer who booked 73 hostels globally for a £1.50 booking fee plus the 5% deposits for hostels of course)

* · Booking Deposit only 5%

* · A trusted brand with 100 years of history behind it.

* · Global Intranet - Hiway. Obtain business data, global contacts, forums and the latest news from the Hostelling International network.

* · Opportunity to sell HI membership cards.

* · Opportunity to join the Hostelling International-Quality programme.

* · Use the Hi logo and Brand on your hostel.

* · 3.5 Million card carrying Youth Hostel members worldwide.

* · Your own web page with all the information customers need - including addresses, phone numbers, email, etc.

* · Extensive work being done on Search Engine Optimization 2010/2011.

* · Downloadable pdf hostel guide for customers. (2010 - 300, 000 downloads till 16th November 2010).

* · Opportunity to participate in HI events. Hostel Managers meeting, etc.

* · Become a link partner to HI on your own website page and earn commission.



Eventually we envisage providing a Website for the South African Hostels - we have done one for Cuba and working on for our colleagues in Libya. We would potentially use a similar template to create a website specifically for the hostels in South Africa. This will carry an embedded version of www.hostels.com just to make bookings for the SA hostels.

http://en.hihostelscuba.com/